Reaction to US concern over Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Law
Friday, December 22nd, 2023In a first reaction, a commentator finds the statement by the US State Department hostile. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Világgazdaság’ Category
Government sees EU funds as important but not vital
Thursday, June 8th, 2023While the competent cabinet minister says Hungary must learn to live without EU transfers in the long run anyway, a left-wing commentator believes that those funds could solve the country’s most burning financial problems. READ MORE
Next year’s budget deficit revised upwards
Saturday, December 31st, 2022A left-wing commentator lambasts the Fiscal Council of Hungary, which has approved the amendments to next year’s budget, albeit with several reservations. READ MORE
Hungary strikes a deal with the EU
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022In their first reactions, news outlets offer opposing evaluations of the deal reached on Monday, whereby the EU will lower the level of a proposed funding freeze in exchange for Budapest lifting its veto on two items. READ MORE
Inflation approaches 5%
Friday, September 10th, 2021A left-wing commentator accuses the government of incompetence in both forecasting and managing inflation. A government-friendly analyst, on the other hand, remarks that old age pensioners will be more than compensated for the rise in prices. READ MORE
Soros accused of speculating against the Forint
Monday, April 13th, 2020The pro-government media suspects that the extreme volatility the Hungarian currency has shown over the past few days is due to speculative sales. They all believe that American-Hungarian financier George Soros may be the one pulling the strings. A liberal weekly ridicules that assumption. READ MORE
Forint hits all time low against the Euro
Saturday, August 31st, 2019A left-wing commentator excoriates the National Bank for not intervening in defence of the national currency as its exchange rate scrapes just short of 332 to the Euro. READ MORE
Inflation slows down, but vegetable prices surge
Saturday, August 10th, 2019A left-wing analyst criticizes the National Bank for not raising the base rate despite the high inflation rate. Other economists think that higher prices are the natural result of increasing wages and a higher demand for higher quality goods. READ MORE
Labour shortage seen as a threat to economic growth
Saturday, December 2nd, 2017A left-wing policy analyst acknowledges that the Hungarian economy has performed well recently, but warns that future growth may be severely limited by the labour shortage. READ MORE
TV2’s new ownership contested
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015As two rival tycoons claim to have bought Hungary’s number two commercial television company, analysts tried to disentangle the legal maze surrounding the matter. READ MORE